Education seems to have failed in some developing country

[Rockstarguy]

I think it is a very natural thing when there are some people who have other skills outside the formal education they have attended in school or lectures. But some of the people I saw at my place actually went through that education just to get a diploma and wanted everyone to admit that they already had a certain title, but they didn't have any skills at all. And I think this is a very strange thing because after several years of education, they still can't do anything and are not even productive enough for themselves.

This is due to the lack of land for them to develop the knowledge they have acquired during their education. It could be because they are wrong in choosing the right field of study that makes it difficult for them to develop their skills. If they go to college according to their talents, surely they will know what to do after they finish college. In this case, I can say that they went to college just to join in.

If people find it difficult to practice what they are being taught in school,  that shouldn't stop them from learning other skills that can be productive to them, their are many skills that one can choose that will be suitable.  Not everyone ends up in practicing what is been taught in school, most people after school they get any skill and make it a career.  I don't see reason why people would allow what they learned from school that they can't practice stop them from learning any skill.

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[sayaya17]

I think it is a very natural thing when there are some people who have other skills outside the formal education they have attended in school or lectures. But some of the people I saw at my place actually went through that education just to get a diploma and wanted everyone to admit that they already had a certain title, but they didn't have any skills at all. And I think this is a very strange thing because after several years of education, they still can't do anything and are not even productive enough for themselves.

This is due to the lack of land for them to develop the knowledge they have acquired during their education. It could be because they are wrong in choosing the right field of study that makes it difficult for them to develop their skills. If they go to college according to their talents, surely they will know what to do after they finish college. In this case, I can say that they went to college just to join in.

It's true that most people go to university just because it's just a formality to get a diploma so it's easy to get a job. Or there are also those who
enter university because they follow their parents orders or follow their friends. That's why many people who graduate from university end up having
a hard time getting a job, it's because they made the wrong decision from the start. Should choose a major at the University must be in accordance
with the talents we have or even choose a major according to what we like. So if we study at the University according to our talents and preferences,
then after graduating college as you said they would know what to do. So should people study at the University according to their own wishes,
then usually the education they get is useful in their lives, because we do something according to our interests. That way the results are also usually
not disappointing.

[Vaskiy]

If people find it difficult to practice what they are being taught in school,  that shouldn't stop them from learning other skills that can be productive to them, their are many skills that one can choose that will be suitable.  Not everyone ends up in practicing what is been taught in school, most people after school they get any skill and make it a career.  I don't see reason why people would allow what they learned from school that they can't practice stop them from learning any skill.

What is being taught in schools were just a part and those are basic things that makes a person eligible to get into a job. The job market is different and it is a must to keep ourselves prepared for what is being required. Here we might experience difficulty in finding opportunities as well as making business. It is our ability and the understanding that brings success.

[yudi09]

This is due to the lack of land for them to develop the knowledge they have acquired during their education. It could be because they are wrong in choosing the right field of study that makes it difficult for them to develop their skills. If they go to college according to their talents, surely they will know what to do after they finish college. In this case, I can say that they went to college just to join in.

If people find it difficult to practice what they are being taught in school,  that shouldn't stop them from learning other skills that can be productive to them, their are many skills that one can choose that will be suitable.  Not everyone ends up in practicing what is been taught in school, most people after school they get any skill and make it a career.  I don't see reason why people would allow what they learned from school that they can't practice stop them from learning any skill.

Yes. There is still a lot of room and place for them to develop their skills as long as the desire to learn is still there. In my opinion, education does not have to be formal because the essence of education is the desire to act based on curiosity in the mind.
If we see that there is potential in someone and we have the facilities to develop that person's potential, then that is also the best means of education. On this basis I say that there is still a lot of room and place to hone skills.

[Fara Chan]

I think it is a very natural thing when there are some people who have other skills outside the formal education they have attended in school or lectures. But some of the people I saw at my place actually went through that education just to get a diploma and wanted everyone to admit that they already had a certain title, but they didn't have any skills at all. And I think this is a very strange thing because after several years of education, they still can't do anything and are not even productive enough for themselves.

This often happens in developing countries, because to apply for an office job the main requirement is a university diploma, so the encouragement of people living in that country must complete that level of education, without a university diploma we will be considered as freelancers.
So if we live in a country like that, skills are needed, so that we can create our own jobs, such as other businesses and entrepreneurship that we control ourselves and are independent.

[odunybiz]

Without any educational background, a person will most likely suffer in this day and age.

Suffer in which aspect? Is it in interacting with people? Reading or writing? If it is suffer in terms of being poor, education never guarantee riches. We have some successful entrepreneurs out there with little or no education. Examples includes
1. Mark Zuckerberg
2. Steve Jobs
 They utilize opportunities and turn it out to wealth. Today they employ numerous educated people to work in their company.

Job opportunities and education are two (2) different fields, although they are connected. I think this is the time where the government must provide ample opportunities in order to address this problem.

No matter how many job government creat, it may not be enough in most developing countries. It is high time graduate learn how to be creative. Creativity with education can help eradicate unemployment and underemployment.

[gunhell16]

This is the kind of false belief that is planted in the minds of most people. Everyone should know that learning is not bad, it is a way for us to gain knowledge about things we don't know yet. But this is not the 100% way to reach our dreams in life and guarantee that you will be hired immediately when you apply to a company.

Studying is just one of the achievements that we can have as a background that you have completed a life curriculum. So it is not surprising that every year the number of unemployed is increasing.

Because what contributes to the economy of a country are the businesses that operate under each country's government.

[doomloop]

I think it is a very natural thing when there are some people who have other skills outside the formal education they have attended in school or lectures. But some of the people I saw at my place actually went through that education just to get a diploma and wanted everyone to admit that they already had a certain title, but they didn't have any skills at all. And I think this is a very strange thing because after several years of education, they still can't do anything and are not even productive enough for themselves.

This is due to the lack of land for them to develop the knowledge they have acquired during their education. It could be because they are wrong in choosing the right field of study that makes it difficult for them to develop their skills. If they go to college according to their talents, surely they will know what to do after they finish college. In this case, I can say that they went to college just to join in.

The funny thing is, we are looking for some people in some fields, they need to be educated and educated a lot better than how they are right now, but we do not need a lot of them, we need just "some" people in that field, hopefully doing it great. Which means that some fields are getting a lot more people than we need and causes a lot of trouble.

Just to give an example, in my nation we have a lot of teachers, which means teachers get paid less than what they are worth since they are replaceable and many teachers are out of a job, and government tries to put them in local places but can't employ them all, so there are way too many teachers who are either working for a little amount of money, or not working at all.

[Kadal Ijo]

Many countries are developing trying to imitate the model of education in developed countries, of course this will be difficult because of many factors that influence, and in my opinion the culture of a country that can make education fail.

[Oluwa-btc]

If people find it difficult to practice what they are being taught in school,  that shouldn't stop them from learning other skills that can be productive to them, their are many skills that one can choose that will be suitable.  Not everyone ends up in practicing what is been taught in school, most people after school they get any skill and make it a career.  I don't see reason why people would allow what they learned from school that they can't practice stop them from learning any skill.

What is being taught in schools were just a part and those are basic things that makes a person eligible to get into a job. The job market is different and it is a must to keep ourselves prepared for what is being required. Here we might experience difficulty in finding opportunities as well as making business. It is our ability and the understanding that brings success.

School isn't everything in this current world, but then, according to a meme I saw today, it says "If school works for you fine, if hustling works out also for you fine the bigger goal and picture is to be successfull "

But then, to make my conclusion on if education has failed in some developing countries, I'll say yes in some way;
• The Economist and Financial analyst don't have financial intelligence and awareness.
•The Political representative has all failed us in different ways
• Agriculture taught in schools are mostly over looked, this days every one wants to be social media influencer and Instagram celebrities.
Etc a lot more this are a little or few that flooded inner my skull, immediately I came across this post.

[Davidvictorson]

CONCLUSION
School gives certificate but doesn't guarantee a job. Education never fails, it's gives knowledge and skills. This knowledge and skills acquired through it brings breakthrough on the long run. Therefore, graduate should think beyond getting a job after schooling but plan on how to utilize the knowledge and skills acquired through their education to create jobs for themselves and others.

OP I agree with what you have said. The truth is it is easier said than done. For example a graduate cannot just set up a business he or she would first need the Enabling environment will also need access to Capital would also need a favourable policy or policies that would drive small and medium-scale Enterprise. The question now that begs for an answer is does this graduate have an enabling environment to set up a small and medium scale enter? Ideal favorable policies for small and medium scale Enterprises? Are there access to interest free loan?

[Smartvirus]

CONCLUSION
School gives certificate but doesn't guarantee a job. Education never fails, it's gives knowledge and skills. This knowledge and skills acquired through it brings breakthrough on the long run. Therefore, graduate should think beyond getting a job after schooling but plan on how to utilize the knowledge and skills acquired through their education to create jobs for themselves and others.

OP I agree with what you have said. The truth is it is easier said than done. For example a graduate cannot just set up a business he or she would first need the Enabling environment will also need access to Capital would also need a favourable policy or policies that would drive small and medium-scale Enterprise. The question now that begs for an answer is does this graduate have an enabling environment to set up a small and medium scale enter? Ideal favorable policies for small and medium scale Enterprises? Are there access to interest free loan?

It often seems this way because, the times for which we could have used in making the most charge has past. Schools no longer serves as a guarantee to some gainful employment like the early days of independence of developing countries. I hear from the time of my father's, most of them were practically handpicked into there jobs because the educated once amongst the populace were just a handful and so it was easy to place them.

Now, we've got thousands of graduates yearly with no job to practice there profession. It's unfortunate but, it leaves graduates looking for other options instead of specialisation and besting their trades/profession. The next you know, we've got a scheme that works to frustrate and hinders industrialisation.

[RockBell]

Education is really important. In most developing countries, especially in Africa, where there is a frequent occurrence of strikes, students are always forced to seat at home, which has actually affected the system, allowing so many youths to have lost hope in education and some still using an old curriculum that is outdated, and education is supposed to be valuable to the government in the sense of contrition.to bring ideas that will ease labor in terms of technology in the country, but when education fails is actually a big problem, during my undergraduate I was not only graduated in academics alone but in my behaviors to have gotten ideas that are not taught in class people learn different things while in school so I feel education should actually be improved in developing countries even learning a skill is education

[BRINIRHA]

Individual awareness of education in developing countries has actually begun to increase. Unfortunately, the government is often unable to facilitate it properly. or sometimes the quality of education provided is not updated so that the current education curriculum is equated with the ancient education curriculum. For example, when I was at school, it was only natural that at school I was taught computers were only limited to turning the computer on and off or just writing a few words in Microsoft Word. that's normal for the first time. because computers were even very rare at that time. and even cell phones are rarely owned. but for today or today's generation. computer science lessons should be improved, not just what I learned before. because of computer knowledge, children today are even good at operating computers since the beginning of elementary school. but unfortunately because of the teaching staff in some developing countries there are some who cannot innovate in teaching. so the way of teaching is too monotonous. so I mean. curriculum must be adjusted. adapted to the needs of today's era. so that when they graduate school graduates are ready to work optimally. maybe some countries have done it.
but another obstacle is the large gap between the number of school graduates and the number of job vacancies. so that more than 50% mostly become unemployed and they work not in accordance with the majors they enter in school. although I also see the fact that sometimes those who become successful are those who are not lucky enough to get a job. but they do not give up and innovate to make work independently. and they even became more advanced than their friends who were accepted to work in the office.
So in the end, graduating from school does not guarantee getting a job. but at least through school it is hoped that students will have the knowledge to enter the community. even though they don't work for other people, they can try to make entrepreneurs or become freelancers.

[Pumared]

CONCLUSION
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It often seems this way because, the times for which we could have used in making the most charge has past. Schools no longer serves as a guarantee to some gainful employment like the early days of independence of developing countries. I hear from the time of my father's, most of them were practically handpicked into there jobs because the educated once amongst the populace were just a handful and so it was easy to place them.

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I dare say it never did. Elementary school and college are more general "educations". I believe that someone will really specialize in something when they have a master's or doctorate.

Before that, it is nothing more than general knowledge about a specific subject.

[yudi09]

This is due to the lack of land for them to develop the knowledge they have acquired during their education. It could be because they are wrong in choosing the right field of study that makes it difficult for them to develop their skills. If they go to college according to their talents, surely they will know what to do after they finish college. In this case, I can say that they went to college just to join in.

~snip

Just to give an example, in my nation we have a lot of teachers, which means teachers get paid less than what they are worth since they are replaceable and many teachers are out of a job, and government tries to put them in local places but can't employ them all, so there are way too many teachers who are either working for a little amount of money, or not working at all.

Means depending on the need. That's what I can understand from the example you gave.
In choosing an education, it is also necessary to look at good opportunities. If in our country there are already too many educators or teachers, then don't choose that field anymore to be able to take on a role to apply skills. In the country where I was born and raised, apart from teachers, there are a lot of health workers.

[Majestic-milf]

 Sometimes, it's not education that failed. Probably those individuals who actually chose a course solely on the basis of others choosing it and as such end up not understanding their purpose.
 I feel that education, whether formal or informal is quite necessary as it equips one prepare for the future, but above all, it's also necessary to have a skill or two so you don't become dependent on your degree in school to get gainful employment but rather you become an employer of labour.

[TribalBob]

Most people go to school believing that they will get a job after schooling. In most developing country, the rate of unemployment keep increasing every year as graduate are produced every year to the labor market with a decline in rate of job opportunity. Using Nigeria as a case study, over 600,000 graduates are produced every year to the labour market with no job opportunity. This make the rate of unemployment increase every year.



Due to this, most youth believe education as failed them after graduated for years without a job. Alot of graduate are into transportation and other minor stuff that are irrelevant to thier course of study to sustain their living.

This is seen in a case where some students went back to their school to demand for a payback of all money spent during their schooling period after graduating for years without job.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2022/09/video-drama-as-lautech-graduate-visits-school-to-return-certificate-demand-refund-of-fees/amp/

My question is: Does education guarantee a job.

Answer: No

Being educated means you are trainable i.e you should be able to use your acquired knowledge to creat space for yourself in the labour market even if their isn't any job opportunity. Education will give you some skills that make you different from an illiterate.


CONCLUSION
School gives certificate but doesn't guarantee a job. Education never fails, it's gives knowledge and skills. This knowledge and skills acquired through it brings breakthrough on the long run. Therefore, graduate should think beyond getting a job after schooling but plan on how to utilize the knowledge and skills acquired through their education to create jobs for themselves and others.

Education does not guarantee you a job, but  education can provide you with the capital to create new jobs.
In developing countries, sometimes the government uses foreign workers to be employed, or foreign graduates, even though the results of education in their own country are also of sufficient quality like those who study outside their country.

[worldofcoins]

back in the days where big businesses in town subsidized the kids of their employees to go to school but when big businesses are compromised by unions, it shuts down. kids suffer to listen to apathetic teachers.

government has got a lot of things to intervene including education as a priority in building a nation. not just in Nigeria but in many different countries, education has failed especially when teachers are not paid well.

You can't blame education for unemployment. Lack of opportunities is also an essential factor for unemployment. If there aren't sufficient opportunities for educated people, it will result in unemployment. So, yes, you are correct that education does not guarantee jobs and can never secure employment. Still, it supports finding a good opportunity that fits your skillset and education.

[inthelongrun]

back in the days where big businesses in town subsidized the kids of their employees to go to school but when big businesses are compromised by unions, it shuts down. kids suffer to listen to apathetic teachers.

government has got a lot of things to intervene including education as a priority in building a nation. not just in Nigeria but in many different countries, education has failed especially when teachers are not paid well.

You can't blame education for unemployment. Lack of opportunities is also an essential factor for unemployment. If there aren't sufficient opportunities for educated people, it will result in unemployment. So, yes, you are correct that education does not guarantee jobs and can never secure employment. Still, it supports finding a good opportunity that fits your skillset and education.

Somehow teachers getting paid well also matters when it comes to the quality of education. There was also a moment when in my country government teachers were bypassed and their salaries remained low compared to other professions. What happened is our graduates are not that standard anymore compared to the graduates of the previous years. And I also noticed that smart people won't choose a teaching career because it is becoming cheap. Although we do have teachers' board exams, I felt like they are really not that hard to pass. Teachers are the backbones of the future so this profession should be taken care of. 

With regard to unemployment, most of the time the educated ones have the advantages over the non-educated ones. In business, the educated ones are also at an advantage most of the time.